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Chess club newsletters are now available on this page.
To see all completed swiss and quad club events, visit this USCF page. Or view a list of our active players, their USCF ratings, and their win-loss results in our events.
Oct 29 - Round Three of the Halloween Swiss - Ed Snyder
Here are the results and standing for last night's Round 3. Round 4, the last in this tournament, is next week.
As always there were some exciting games, which is especially true as the winners continue to play other winners and the competition gets tougher.
Good to see Ed Kline and Craig Gerland again.
Open Results:
Under 1600 Results
Oct 22 - Round Two of the Halloween Swiss - Ed Snyder
Here are the Round 2 results for the Halloween Swiss.
I would be remiss if I didn't make mention of Brendan McCarthy's game with Joe Muccerino. I didn't get to see any of it, but judging by the results it must have been one heck of a battle. Brendan, 1516, managed to draw Joe, 2069.
I also have to mention that last week Brendan agreed to play in the lower section to avoid two players getting byes. This happens occasionally and our members are always willing to move up or down. This depends on their ratings, and as it happened last night there were again odd numbers in both sections. Brendan was again agreeable to moving up. I felt bad when I saw he would be paired against Joe, but he certainly made the most of it.
We are fortunate to have such a good club.
See you all next week, and good luck.
Oct 15 - Round One of the Halloween Swiss - Ed Snyder
Good morning chess players. The WCCC has a long tradition in the fall of having a Halloween Swiss, and it has become known that it can be very scary. Last night"s games kept this alive and well.
There were numerous upsets and draws. It will be very interesting to see if this trend continues next week. The results are attached.
Open Results:
U1600 Results
Oct 10 - Club Player Ratings and Match Results
The club player ratings and match results have been updated to include the Libra Quads and resulting USCF ratings. The distribution of club players has also been updated:
Oct 8 - Libra Quads - Ed Snyder
A pretty good turnout last night for the Quads, with 26 players. Two players, Bob Flanagan and Ed Snyder managed to win all three games.
The five quads and the small swiss were very competitive and the results are now posted online at the USCF site.
Next week is Round 1 of the next four week tournament. Hope to see you all there.
Oct 3 - Club Player Ratings and Match Results
The club player ratings and match results have been updated to include the Autumnal Equinox Swiss and resulting USCF ratings.
Oct 2 - Karl Cossaboon - Ed Snyder
I forgot to mention that Karl will not be playing here for the foreseeable future. Having just graduated from West Chester University he has accepted a job in Virginia. Karl was definitely moving up in his rating and he will be missed.
Let's all wish him well.
Just some of the comments sent to Karl:
- Aaron Biscoe: Congrats again, Karl! Good luck in DC! It's been a pleasure inflating your rating HAHA. I’d come up with a more original way to wish you luck, but someone already holds the patent. We'll be here when you're home. Drop in anytime.
- Ed Kline: Best of luck, Boom Boom! We will miss you
- Donald Anderson: Good luck, Karl. You were a great addition to the club. Sorry to see you go. We expect great things from you just as you've distinguished yourself "over the board". Stop in the next time you're in town.
- John Helmbrecht: Karl - Didn't get a chance to play against you but still want to wish you the best! Congrats on your graduation and new job.
- Joe Mucerino: Karl, I'm glad we got to play twice. You're a heck of a players. Good luck to you in the future. There is a ton of chess in northern Virginia.
Oct 2 - Autumnal Equinox Swiss Round 3 - Ed Snyder
Hello, WCCC members.
What an exciting tournament. All the results are on the USCF website. Every week revealed some very strong players, quite a few of them newer members. Last night was no different with several long games with extremely complicated positions. Of course, every game to me has very complicated positions.
I think, most notable, and at the risk of embarrassing him, Donald Anderson deserves recognition. He beat two experts in consecutive weeks and gained ninety-three rating points. Congrats.
Next week is Quads, three games in one night, G30;d5. Everyone plays three games against opponents that are relatively close in rating.
Lastly, I apologize to the long titles of my tournaments which reflect my love of astronomy. The universe is truly amazing. I will attempt to shorten them in the future, but don't bet on it.
Sept 24 - Autumnal Equinox Swiss Round 3 - Ed Snyder
Click here to view the results. Highlights:
- Kritarth Acharya, 18j70, managed to get a draw against Dirk Troltneier, 2236.
- Even better, Donald Anderson, 1606, won his game with Denis Markov, 2068. As mentioned, last week Donald beat Brian Polka, another expert. I don't want to play him anytime soon.
Round 4 next week, and then Quads.
Sept 17 - Autumnal Equinox Swiss Round 2- Ed Snyder
Here are the Round 2 results and standings.
Donald Anderson, 1606, won his game with Brian Polka, 2016. A long, tough game.
Round 3 next week.
Don't forget to send your games to Dirk Troltenier for inclusion in the Newsletter
OPEN RESULTS
U1600 RESULTS
Sept 11 - Autumnal Equinox Swiss Round 1 - Ed Snyder
Here are the results and standings after Round 1. Some interesting games last night.
Gideon Richard, 1672 beat Brian Polka, 2016 and Micahel Marcus, 1520 hung on against Nate Bryans, 1865 to be the last game to finish. Nate won but it was a long battle.
Sept 5 - Club Player Ratings and Match Results
The club player ratings and match results have been updated to include the Meteor Shower Quad and resulting USCF ratings.
Sept 4 - Championship Rankings - Donald Anderson
With 3 tournaments left this year here are the latest rankings. Kritarth Acharya has just stepped into the 8th spot just a ½ point ahead of Karl Cossaboon.
No Quads next week. It will be round 1 of a new tournament.
Sept 3 - Founder's Swiss Results - Donald Anderson
The results of the Founder's swiss have been posted to the USCF. View here.
August 27 - New Club Newsletter
The Newsletter Team has just published the August Newsletter
August 28 - Round 3 of the Founder's Swiss - Donald Anderson
Congrats to Aritra Misra (1637) for a nice win over Karl Cossaboon (1840). And Logan James (1494) got a draw against Subhang Nettem (1760). In the Under John Vollbrecht (1268) continues to improve with a win over Will Moyer (1411).
OPEN RESULTS:
U1600 RESULTS
August 21 - Round 2 of the Founder's Swiss - Donald Anderson
In case you haven’t noticed The West Chester Chess Club Newsletter was published on Monday. Check your Junk Email if you haven’t received it yet.
Last week, I inadvertently forgot to include Bob Flanagan on the Founders’ Swiss list of members making significant contributions to the success of our club. Bob maintains our club website, There you’ll find our tournament schedule, some puzzles, and other items of chess interest. Check it out.
Here are last night's round 2 results.
OPEN RESULTS:
U1600 RESULTS:
August 14 - Round 1 of the Founder's Swiss - Donald Anderson
Jay Ryan, Will Thalheimer, Margaret Brakel, Justin Rengert, Keith Johnson, Jim White, Roy Eikerenkoetter, Steve Volpone, Aaron Biscoe, Donald Anderson, Michael Bury, Ed Snyder, and Jim Larsen.
These are just some of the founders and key contributors from the past who have enabled the West Chester Chess Club to sustain itself over the last 50 years. And a big thank you to Dirk Troltenier for reviving our newsletter so we can renew the ability to share our games and club news.
Our current tournament, Founders' Swiss, is a tribute to all those who work(ed) to make our club a success.
Last night saw some spectacular games. Patrick McRee took Dirk Troltenier down to the wire before falling. There were two nice drawn games: Subhang Nettem vs Kevin Chen and Logan James vs Faelan McDermott.
Open results:
U1600 Results
August 14 - Club Player Ratings and Match Results
The club player ratings and match results have been updated to include the Meteor Shower Quad and resulting USCF ratings.
August 6th - Meteror Shower Quad
The results of the quad are found at this USCF page
August 1st - Championship Standings:
Halfway through our tournament season with only 4 to go! View the standings For those who are interested this Thursday will be the Quads.
August 1st - Club Player Ratings and Match Results
The club player ratings and match results have been updated to include the Diamond Swiss and resulting USCF ratings.
July 30th - Round 4 results of the Diamond Swiss
Here are the Round 4 Results for the Diamond Swiss. As always, some very good games.
Dirk Troltenier has a nice ending in his game with Jim Larseen. He delivered a check with a Knight that on the next move would fork Jim's King and Rook. This forced Jim to resign.
The other two in the top four, Aaron Biscoe and Denis Markov drew.
Kevin Kennedy won a tough game with Karl Cossaboon. Kevin arrived late and lost about thirty five minutes off his clock but still managed to pull out a win. A very difficult Rook and Pawn endgame.
When I pair the rounds I usually can tell which matches will be good ones. Some are obvious but I said to Lou Gotlib who was writing the names that Sean Duffy and Brendan McCarthy would be a good one, and it was, with them drawing a good game.
Quads next week.
Ed
Open Round 4
U1600 Round 4
July 23 - Round 3 of the Diamond Swiss
Open Results
U1600 Results
July 9th - Round 1 results of the Diamond Swiss
Below are the results of Round 1 of the Diamond Swiss.
There were some very competitive games last night, and two stand out that I got to see near the end.
Karl Cossaboon and Brendan McCarthy were the last game to finish and it ended in a draw by repetition The ending involved a position where any wrong move by either would allow the opponent to win.
The second to the last game to finish involved Dirk Troltnenier and John Kula. Each had a bishop of the same color and several pawns. Dirk managed to get the advantage and John resigned.
A very good night of chess and I would remind everyone to submit their games to Dirk Troltenier for inclusion in the club's newsletter. We all have good games regardless of our rating.
Open
U1600
July 9th - Championship tournament qualifications - Top 8
Click here to viw the standings after 4 of 9 scheduled tournaments
July 6th - USCF club results and player ratings
The latest ratings and match result for club members have been updated for the Summer Solstice are found here
July 2nd - Swiss 4th round results:
Open
U1600
June 24th Swiss 3rd round results:
Open
U1600
June 18th Swiss 2nd round results:
Open:
U1600
June 11th - June Swiss 1st round results:
Open:
One upset: Bowden beat Preston! Anthony was down a bishop but was pushing two pawns down the middle when I had to leave (Bob F)
U1600:
June 9th - Club Member Standings
The latest ratings and match result for club members have been updated for the June 4th Quads and are found here
June 4 - Club Member Standings
The latest ratings and match result for club members have been updated for the May Swiss and are found here
May 29th - Champtionship standings - Donald Anderson
Click here to view the standings after the May Swiss
May 29h - May Swiss results
The May Swiss results has been posted to the USCF and are found here
May 7 - Round 1 of the May Swiss - Donald Anderson
And finally, thanks for putting the chairs and tables away when you're done. Much appreciated.
Open Round 1 Results
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U1600 Round 1 Results
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May 4 - Change of Schedule!!
We will start a new swiss this Thursday May 4th. There will not be a quad as previously planned.
May 3 - Championshp Ranking - Donald Anderson
The following are the top 8 players after two rounds. To view the full standings, click here.
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May 2 - USCF updated for last tournament, club members ratings and match results updated
The USCF has been updated for the Michael Bury Memorial Swiss. And the club members ratings and match results have been updated to show the results of the Swiss and the latest USCF ratings.
May 1 - Reminder of upcoming events
Next Thursday, 5/7, will be a Quad. And then a new Swiss starts on 5/14.
April 30 - Michael Bury Memorial Swiss Round 4 results
As soon as the results are posted to the USCF, we will update as soon as we can. Joe Mucerino wond the Open Swiss with a perfect score of 4 victories! Aaron was second with 3 victories. Dan Newman won the U1600 with 3 victories and will be playing in the Open in the next Swiss.
Round 4 Open Results:
Round 4 U1600 Results
Addition information and standings are found here for the Open and here for the U1600 . You will need to login to view.
April 24 - Michael Bury Memorial Swiss Round 3 results
Round 3 Open Results
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Round 3 U1600 Results
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Addition information and standings are found here for the Open and here for the U1600 . You will need to login to view.
April 21 - Michael Bury Memorial Swiss Round 2 results
Round 2 Open Results
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Round 2 U1600 Results
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April 14 - Live Master Michael Bury
It is with a heavy heart that I'm sharing that Michael passed away on April 3rd.
https://www.haganfuneralhome.com/obituary/michael-bury
A service is not planned, but a memorial is in the works. I will pass along any information as it becomes available.
Please keep his family in your thoughts during this difficult time.
April 10 - Michael Bury Memorial Swiss Round 1 results
See the Michael Bury Memorial Swiss event page for details and updates.
Round 1 Open Results
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U1600 Results
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April 7 - Player Match Results and Ratings - Bob Flanagan
The club's player results have been updated for last Thursday's quad along with the latest USCF ratings
April 7 - Results of last Thursday's Quad
Last Thursday's quad has been posted to USCF and are found here.
March 27 - Player Match Results and Ratings - Bob Flanagan
This page shows the club matches for the 2026 club year. So far, it is just one swiss :). It shows the player's ratings at the start of the club year and the change ytd. And if you click on a player's name, it will show you individual match resultts.
March 27 - March Mate-ness results now posted on USCF site - Aaron Biscoe
The March Mate-ness Swiss with the players' latest USCF rating are now available here
March 27 - March Mate-ness Swiss Round 4 results - Bob Flanagan
The following are the results of last night's matches:
OPEN
U1600
March 20 - March Mate-ness Swiss Round 3 Results - Bob Flanagan
The following are the results of last night's matches. There were very few upsets. And most matches were finished early.:
OPEN:
U1600:
March 12 - March Mate-ness Swiss Round 2 Results - Bob Flanagan
Round 2 should be called the round of upsets! There were six upsets out of 9 matches in the Over 1600 matches
Over 1600 Results :
Under 1600 Results
March 5 - March Mate-ness Swiss Round 1 Results - Aaron Biscoe
The first swiss of the club year has begun! The following are the results:
Open results:
U1600 results:
Feb 27 - WCCC Club Member Matches - Bob Flanagan
The WCCC club matches and standings have been updated for the Bridge Swiss and club Championship. View here. Click on a player's name and view their match results for the year.
Feb 26 - WCCC Championship Tournament - Ed Snyder
DIRK TROLTENIER is the 2026 WCCC Champion having won his game last night over Ed Kline, ending with an undefeated 6-0-1 record. Congratulations, Dirk. Considering the competition this is an incredible record. The only tie he had was against Jim Larsen who also finished with an undefeated result going 4-0-3 and tying Ariv Debmisra for second place. Ariv ended with a 5-1-1 score. All impressive.
Congratulations, too, to all who qualified for the event. That in itself is a commendable achievement.
Also, after a quite a few years the WCCC Newsletter is back. Dirk Troltenier, John Helmbrecht, and Denis Markov have graciously took this job on and here is the link,
https://www.westchesterchess.com/chess_club_news_letters.htm. A lot of interesting and informative items.
Feb 26 - WCCC Championship - Jim Larsen
Another great club championship tournament is in the books! Congratulations to our new, very strong club champion. An incredible undefeated performance by Dirk Troltenier. Many great games were played by all the contestants, including those who didn't have their best results. Thank you Ed Snyder for directing the event.
I read through the first newsletter, and it's absolutely excellent. Many thanks to Dirk, John and Denis. It's so wonderful to have a WCCC newsletter again.
Feb 26 - Bridge Swiss - Donald Anderson
The Bridge Swiss matches have been posted to the USCF. View results, standings, and latest ratings here
Round 4 match results:
Several players have distinguished themselves by some outstanding rating gains over the last two tournaments (and elsewhere):
- Bob Flanagan from 1511 to 1609
- Brendan McCarthy from 1247 to 1542
- Akshaj Bodla from 1446 to 1735
- Ryan Treftz from UNR to1659
- and Michael Marcus from 1477 to 1564
Both Brendan McCarthy and Michael Marcus should be playing in the Open based upon the strength of the competition they've defeated. They can certainly hang with the "big boys". Ed Bryan (1542) and Pranav Srinivasula (1561) belong there, too.
Next week starts the new chess year at the WCCC. A total of 36 games towards qualifying for the 2027 Championship.